Dive Review of Aggressor in
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Aggressor, Jun, 2005, by Chris Goumas, OH, USA . Report 1750.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This was my second time on this boat (last time was 3.5 years ago). The food was great, the boat is nice although I kept finding flaking white paint on my clothes. Rooms are tight but clean w/tv/dvd combo. Diving made VERY easy with Nitrox or air fills without you needing to remove BC from tank. The food was great. Nice variety, quality, and lots of it (I'm a big eater and was always satisfied). Barty was the cook and she did a wonderful job. I personally liked Savio who was the cook on my last trip and I thought Barty was much better (except Savio made a killer curry one night and we didn't get that with Barty). The dive staff were great to get along with but didn't point out anything underwater (except for the night dives). Experienced but I would have liked some more insight into the creatures and if they could have shown us where some more interesting species were that would have been nice. They did tell us about a scorpion fish that hangs out on the back of the Tibbets wreck, but that was about it. I wish I would have brought ear drops. If you haven't done a live aboard before, make sure you have correctly fitting booties so you don't be blisters. I had my Dramamine this time so I didn't get sick on the crossing between Grand and Little Cayman. I had problems with Steve the photo guy as I rented a camera that didn't work (came up in middle of dive to get different camera, when I went back down it still didn't work). I'm not a photo pro but have shot underwater before. He setup the camera (once it was working) and all my shots were way too dark, I think the flash was out of sync with the camera because some shots I took without the flash looked like those with the flash. He blamed me saying I was expecting perfection on each picture...give me a break. He did make sure I had a working camera for 4 dives though. I would do another Aggressor in a heart beat. Easiest diving you can do.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Puerto Vallarta, Bahamas, Jamaica, Lake Erie (OH), Lake George (NY), Monterey (CA), Panama City Beach (FL), White Star quarry (OH), Gilboa quarry (OH)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-200 Ft/ 30-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	If crew knew you were drinking they would ask that you just be a snorkler.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Really nice big camera table with places to charge batteries and dry camera. On board computer to view digital pics, and video processing for slides. Dedicated fresh water bin for cameras. Camera pro wasn't helpful for me but may have been for more experience photographers.

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Dive Review of Aggressor in Cayman Islands

Aggressor, Jun, 2005,

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Dive Review of Aggressor in
Cayman Islands